We didn’t go to (or have) a cookout this Labor Day weekend but we did manage to catch a couple of movies, visit with family and enjoy an extra day off. I had time to get in two rounds of baking, too.

I have been buying a good bit of cake mix lately, for my cupcake experiments, but when I saw the recipe for red velvet crinkle cookies on a (red velvet, obviously) cake mix box I decided to give it a try.

These would be fantastic for Valentine’s Day (on one website I saw someone had used a cookie cutter to make a heart-shaped version) or even Christmas.

You can find the recipe here. They’re crazy easy. I’ve seen the same recipe on the back of a box of chocolate cake mix, too.